General
A member of management committee will always be present.
The standard conditions applicable to the previous Theatre Licence will continue to be complied with (see conditions below).
Conditions applicable to the previous Theatre Licence (which the applicant has stated will be relevant to this Premises Licence).
1. The licensee shall take all reasonable precautions for the safety of the public and other persons on the licensed premises.
2. The premises and the fittings thereon, including seating, lighting, doors, door fastenings and sanitary accommodation, shall be kept in good, clean and safe order and condition.
Alterations
3. No alteration shall be permitted to or in the building without the approval of the licensing authority.
Doors
4(a) An adequate number of exit doors shall be provided so placed and maintained as to provide ready and ample means of safe egress from the premises.
(b) The exit doors shall be made to open towards the exit.
(c) Any fastenings, other than those to keep the doors in an open position, shall be capable of being easily and readily opened from within by members of the public. No lock, monkey tail flush or barrel bolt, locking bar or other similar device shall be fitted on any exit door without the consent of the licensing authority.
The exit doors shall be kept clear of obstructions at all times when the public are on the premises.
All exit doors or other doors shall be clearly indicated by a notice stating “Exit” which notice should comply with British Standard 2560 : 1954
Doors other than exit doors shall be marked “Private” or the use of the room to which they lead indicated.
5. The public shall be permitted to leave by all exit and entrance doors after each performance or entertainment, entrances being considered and treated as exits for all purposes.
Lights
6. All exit and other doors or openings used by the public for the purpose of exit, or unsuitable for that purpose, shall be indicated by notices clearly illuminated to the satisfaction of the licensing authority.
7. A system of emergency lighting shall be provided.
Sanitary Accommodation
8. Adequate sanitary accommodation shall be provided and such accommodation, which shall be separate for each sex shall be properly maintained and available during any performance.
Seating and Gangways
9. At all times during which the building is used for performances or entertainments when the audience is seated, passages or gangways not less than 3 feet 6 inches wide shall be provided leading direct to exit doors and gangways of not less than 3 feet 6 inches wide shall be provided, intersecting the rows of seating in such a manner that no seat shall be more than 12 feet from a gangway measured in the line of the seating.
Where loose chairs are provided as seating and the audience exceeds 250 persons, then the seats should be battened or clipped together in rows of not less than 4 nor more than 12.
There shall be an unobstructed seatway of space at least 12 inches in depth measured between perpendiculars, between the back of one seat and the front of the seat immediately behind.
10. No member of the public shall be allowed to sit or stand in the gangways, passages or staircases during any performance or entertainment. The gangways passages and staircases shall be kept entirely free of chairs or any other obstructions.
Fire Appliances
11(i) The premises shall be provided with fire appliances suitable to the fire risks of the premises and such fire appliances shall be maintained in proper working order and shall be available for instant use;
(ii) The licensee and the person in charge of the premises shall be properly instructed in the protection of the premises from fire, the use of the fire appliances provided and the method of summoning the Fire Brigade. The person in charge of the premises shall remain within the premises during the whole of the time when the public are on the premises and the stage is in use for the purposes for which the licence is granted.
Stage Area
12. Smoking and/or naked lights shall be prohibited on the stage except where it is necessary in connection with the performance and to the satisfaction of the licensing authority.
13. All scenery, drapes, etc, shall, where necessary, be treated with a flame resisting solution.
Spaces under Auditorium
14. All spaces under the auditorium shall be kept clean and free from rubbish and no properties scenery or any combustible material or article stored or kept there.
Attendants
15. A competent person shall be in charge of the safety arrangements during the whole time the public are present, and shall ensure that the capacity of the hall is not exceeded.
16. The number of attendants on duty to assist persons entering or leaving the auditorium shall, in any case, not be less than one for every two hundred and fifty, or part of two hundred and fifty, persons present in the auditorium; and
(a) if the number of persons present on any floor or tier does not exceed one hundred, there shall be at least one attendant on duty on that floor or tier;
(b) if the number of persons on any floor or tier exceeds one hundred, there shall be at least two attendants on duty on that floor or tier.
Right of Entry
17. Police Constables, the officers of the Fire Brigade and other officers authorised by the licensing authority shall have free ingress and egress and regress to and from the said premises at all reasonable times and the licensee shall produce the licence to which these conditions are attached on request of any such officer.
Good Order
18. It will be the responsibility of the licensee to ensure that good order is maintained upon the premises.
Hypnotism
19. No exhibition or performance of hypnotism shall be given at the premises except with the express consent of the licensing authority and in accordance with any conditions attached to such consent.
The Prevention of Crime and Disorder
Not Applicable
Public Safety
Not Applicable
The Prevention of Public Nuisance
Not Applicable
The Protection of Children from Harm
Suitable notices, posters and publicity will be displayed/given in respect of any plays not suitable for children. In particular notices will be displayed at the Box Office.
CRB checks will be undertaken by members working with children.
There will be a no smoking policy in force at the premises.